You do not have to personally equip these upgrades to benefit from their increased detection. So long as one of your party has it equipped on a weapon they have drawn, your radar will reflect the enhancement.

While in the Mako, if you approach Geth and find your radar jammed, exit the Mako and draw a weapon with one of these upgrades equipped, then, without re-holstering the weapon, enter the Mako and the vehicle's radar will receive the benefit of the detection upgrade. (A bug, but a very useful one).

Tip 1 also applies to Tip 2. (All tips discovered using PC game version 1.01a/Steam and confirmed on the Xbox360 version on 2-16-10. Untested on other versions or platforms).

Description: Frictionless Materials give rounds more power at impact while minimizing weapon overheating. Highly recommended for shotguns. Also useful for sniper rifles.

Note: Frictionless Materials shares the same stats as Kinetic Coil, but varies where "Weapon Stability" is changed to "Heat Damping." Both used in conjunction on higher level weapons allow the user hold down the trigger without fear of losing stability, or overheating, while also dramatically increasing killing power.

Note: Kinetic Coil shares the same stats as Frictionless Materials, but varies where "Heat Damping" is changed to "Weapon Stability." Both used in conjunction on higher level weapons allow the user hold down the trigger without fear of losing stability, or overheating, while also dramatically increasing killing power.

Upgrade Level:

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

Damage Bonus:

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-

-

-

-

-

-

+5%

+6%

+7%

Weapon Stability:

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-

-

-

-

-

-

+20%

+24%

+28%

Weapon stability controls the length of time the weapon's targeting circle swells to maximum size during continuous fire. It is mutually exclusive with accuracy in that accuracy controls the targeting circle's initial size and neither attribute governs the behavior of the other.

Simply put: more accuracy = smaller targeting circle. More stability = longer time for the circle to expand. Stability mods are more noticeable when zoomed in, accuracy mods are more noticeable when zoomed out.

Description: A hyper rail upgrade extends the barrel of the weapon and "overclocks" its mass accelerator equipment. Its hypervelocity slugs impact with enough force to be useful against lightly armored vehicles, but produce significant heat and recoil.